Atthattime，Iwasahousewiferaisingthreesmallchildren．Mylife21aroundtakingcareofmychildrenandfindingwaystostretchadimeintoadollarto22thebills，butmoneywasalways23.Ireallylovedbeingwithmyk

Atthattime，Iwasahousewiferaisingthreesmallchildren．Mylife 21 aroundtakingcareofmychildrenandfindingwaystostretchadimeintoadollarto 22 thebills，butmoneywasalways 23.

IreallylovedbeingwithmykidsandIwaswillingtomakewhatever 24 formykids，butIwantedtogoto 25 andgetmyarchaeology(考古学)degree．Forseveralyears，IhadalwayssaidIwasgoingtolearnit 26 noonebelievedIactuallywould．SoIeventuallydecidedtogiveupmy 27 .

Onedaymybrothercametovisitand 28 aboutourfuture．Whilechatting，Imentionedmy 29 dream．Lookingintomyeyeswithgreatexpectation，hesaid“ 30 ?”

Overthenextfewweeks，Ijustkept 31 ourconversationinmyhead．Yes，IcouldmakealonglistofreasonswhyIcouldn’tbecomeanarchaeologist．Strangely，however，thesereasonsseemedmorelike 32 ．

IstartedquestioningwhyIwassowillingto 33 achallenge．Finally，IrealizedthatifIdidn’tatleasttryto 34 mygoals，Iwasgoingtoregretmy 35 fortherestofmylife．

SoIstartedtakinguniversityclasses．Igotapart-timejobonweekendssothatmyhusbandcouldwatchthe 36 whileIwasworking．Ieventookafewlatenightclassessothatmychildrenwouldnotrequiredaycareandwouldnevercomehometoa／an 37 house．

Sevenyearslater，I 38 agraduatedegreeandbecameanarchaeologist．39，IfoundthatasIreachedtowardsmygoalsthrough40 anddifficulties，Ibecamehappierandmoreconfident．Inthisway，mybrotherchangedmylife．Perhaps，youalsocanchangeyourlifebyaskingyourself“Whynot?”．

21．A．contributed    B．centered        C．collected               D．gathered

22．A．pay             B．change         C．share            D．check

23．A．adequate     B．tight                  C．blank             D．free

24．A．appointment  B．arrangement   C．impression D．sacriffice

25．A. hometown    B．company      C．university  D．museum

26．A．or               B．and             C．but               D．if

27．A．fate            B．habit            C．business         D．dream

28．A．talked          B．cared           C．thought         D．introduced

29．A．unnoti